Demonoid - RSS feedsDemonoid - RSS feeds2020-06-07T08:58:12+02:00https://www.demonoid.is/favicon.icourn:uuid:3a5bd4f5-30e3-4820-a1f4-0478823d72ebThe Ramayana of Valmiki [Narrated by Sagar Arya] 2019 M4Burn:uuid:436a7de9-ff96-4932-8329-9d7797246c0d2020-06-06T20:43:17+02:00Horisartehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/Horisarte[img]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ziIOMRNSL._SL500_.jpg[/img]
The ancient Indian Sanskrit epic the Rāmāyana was composed some time between the first and fifth centuries BCE. As is the case with most ancient literature firmly rooted in the oral tradition, precise dating is problematic. Traditionally attributed to the sage Valmīki, and composed in rhyming couplets, it is one of the two great Indian epics (the other being the Mahābhārata); consequently it is known and revered not just throughout the Indian subcontinent but also in South-East Asian countries as well, including Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia - indeed wherever Hindu culture became established.
It relates the tale of a Prince of Ayodhya, Rāma, and recounts the various episodes of his exile and subsequent return. The narrative follows Rāma's quest and rescue mission, bringing home his beloved Sita from the clutches of the demon king of Lanka, Ravana, aided by an army of monkeys. While the bas...

Posted by HorisartePermalink | Comments]]>The Bhagavad Gita 2019 [Naxos Audiobook]urn:uuid:64ab9724-370f-42f8-92df-7d3c5268fa992020-06-06T11:02:07+02:00Horisartehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/Horisarte
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Sanskrit for “Song of the Lord”, the Bhagavad Gita is a 700-verse Hindu epic that constitutes part of the faith’s vast cornerstone work, the “Mahabharata.” The book provides timeless truths and indispensable advice for believers trying to overcome internal tensions, doubt and indecision. The teachings are conveyed in the form of a dialogue between the Pandava general Arjuna and the deity Krishna, who helps Arjuna understand his position in the Kurukshetra War, and guides him towards the right course of action. The Gita’s treatment of duty and devotion has inspired many, including the peaceful activist Mahatma Gandhi, who referred to it as his “spiritual dictionary”.
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Listening Length: 2 hours and 47 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Audible.co.uk Release Date: 26 July 2019
Language: English, English
ASIN: B0...

Posted by HorisartePermalink | Comments]]>The Rig Veda (Sagar Arya, Narrator) 2020 M4Burn:uuid:03c0e3a7-6bd2-43a4-ab5b-651ab858f2292020-06-04T13:03:29+02:00Horisartehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/Horisarte The Rig Veda (Sagar Arya, Narrator) 2020
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Often appearing as Ṛgveda, the oldest of the four sacred books linked to Hinduism, it was composed in an ancient form of Sanskrit about 1500 BCE. The Rig Veda (Sanskrit: The Knowledge of Verses) was preserved in secrecy by ancient clans, initially orally, before it was written down about 300 BCE.
These 1028 poems, grouped as 10 ‘Circles’ (mandalas), have variously been called hymns, poems or songs by Sanskrit scholars. The Rik (so pronounced by the ancient Angirases clans, or Seer-Priest families) was an experiment with sound. The emphasis is always on sounding the words perfectly. The focus tends to be on the ideas rather than on the authors in Vedic literature, they are largely religious in nature, reflecting the world view and spiritual preoccupations of ancient India.
Like the Homeric epics, portions were composed during different periods in the nort...

Posted by HorisartePermalink | Comments]]>The Thirteen Principal Upanishads 2018 [Audible Audiobooks] [ Read By Sagar Arya]urn:uuid:54f2ac73-b180-440a-8e55-0cdbdfe4384b2020-06-03T20:40:22+02:00Horisartehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/HorisarteUpanishads are mankind's oldest works of philosophy, predating the earliest Greek philosophy. They are the concluding part of the Vedas, the ancient Indian sacred literature, and mark the culmination of a tradition of speculative thought first expressed in the Rig-Veda more than 4,000 years ago.
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Remarkable for their meditative depth, spirit of doubt and intellectual honesty, the Upanishads are concerned with the knowledge of the Brahman, the Ultimate Reality, and man's relationship with it.
The name Upanishad is derived from the face-to-face mode of imparting knowledge - in the utmost sanctity and secrecy, to prevent its trivialisation or perversion. Composed in Sanskrit between 900 and 600 BC, the Upanishads presented here are by far the oldest and most important of those that exist.
Max Muller’s classic translation of the first 12 Upanishads have been extensively revised by Suren Navlakha, who provid...

Posted by HorisartePermalink | Comments]]>The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve - Stephen Greenblatturn:uuid:e82999a4-f4bc-48eb-b7e7-5898b881f7222020-06-03T14:43:09+02:00Horisartehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/Horisarte[img]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/514gnNTrb2L._SL500_.jpg[/img]
Stephen Greenblatt - Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award- winning author of The Swerve and Will in the World - investigates the life of one of humankind's greatest stories.
Bolder even than the ambitious books for which Stephen Greenblatt is already renowned, The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve explores the enduring story of humanity's first parents. Comprising only a few ancient verses, the story of Adam and Eve has served as a mirror in which we seem to glimpse the whole long history of our fears and desires, as both a hymn to human responsibility and a dark fable about human wretchedness.
Tracking the tale into the deep past, Greenblatt uncovers the tremendous theological, artistic, and cultural investment over centuries that made these fictional figures so profoundly resonant in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim worlds and, finally, so very "real" to millions of people even in the present. With the un...

Posted by HorisartePermalink | Comments]]>The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis Hansonurn:uuid:eeac95d9-0f03-4016-baef-25b0aa423ce92020-05-26T00:37:53+02:00RzaRecTorhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/RzaRecTorA definitive account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian
World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor strikes in Libya.
The Second World Wars examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war. Drawing on 3,000 years of military history, Victor Davis Hanson argues that despite its novel industrial barbarity, neither the war's origins nor its geography were unusual. Nor was its ultimate outcome surprising. The Axis powers were well prepared to win limited border conflicts, but once they blundered into global war, they had no hope of victory.
An authoritative new history of astonishing breadth, The Second World Wars offers a stunning reinterpretation of history's deadlie...

Posted by RzaRecTorPermalink | Comments]]>Genghis Khan and the Quest for God By Jack Weatherfordurn:uuid:0223432e-f039-458a-81a9-1805d2f163762020-05-24T16:11:08+02:00RzaRecTorhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/RzaRecTorA landmark biography by the New York Times bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World that reveals how Genghis harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known.
Throughout history the world’s greatest conquerors have made their mark not just on the battlefield, but in the societies they have transformed. Genghis Khan conquered by arms and bravery, but he ruled by commerce and religion. He created the world’s greatest trading network and drastically lowered taxes for merchants, but he knew that if his empire was going to last, he would need something stronger and more binding than trade. He needed religion. And so, unlike the Christian, Taoist and Muslim conquerors who came before him, he gave his subjects freedom of religion. Genghis lived in the 13th century, but he struggled with many of the same problems we face today: How should one balance religious freedom with the need to reign in fanatics? Can one compel rival...

Posted by RzaRecTorPermalink | Comments]]> The Forever War (2008) by Dexter Filkinsurn:uuid:d5fc557e-a165-496a-a526-2d8e5d280afa2020-05-23T22:42:11+02:00RzaRecTorhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/RzaRecTorFrom the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable book that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time.
Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, the prizewinning New York Times correspondent whose work was hailed by David Halberstam as “reporting of the highest quality imaginable,” we witness the remarkable chain of events that began with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continued with the attacks of 9/11, and moved on to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Filkins’s narrative moves across a vast and various landscape of amazing characters and astonishing scenes: deserts, mountains, and streets of carnage; a public amputation performed by Taliban; children frolicking in minefields; skies streaked white by the contrails of B-52s; a night’s sleep in the rubble of Ground Zero.
We embark on a foot patrol through the shadowy streets of Ramadi, venture into a torture chamber run by Saddam Hussein. We go into the ho...

Posted by RzaRecTorPermalink | Comments]]>The Forge of Christendom The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West By Tom Hollandurn:uuid:cd315ae3-469a-42a4-8de5-bc518c2b9a432020-05-22T22:58:59+02:00RzaRecTorhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/RzaRecTorA grand narrative history of the re-emergence of Europe following the collapse of the Roman Empire. At the approach of the first millennium, the Christians of Europe did not seem likely candidates for future greatness. Weak, fractured, and hemmed in by hostile nations, they saw no future beyond the widely anticipated Second Coming of Christ. But when the world did not end, the peoples of Western Europe suddenly found themselves with no choice but to begin the heroic task of building a Jerusalem on earth.
In The Forge of Christendom, Tom Holland masterfully describes this remarkable new age, a time of caliphs and Viking sea kings, the spread of castles and the invention of knighthood. It was one of the most significant departure points in history: the emergence of Western Europe as a distinctive and expansionist power.

Posted by RzaRecTorPermalink | Comments]]>In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire by Tom Hollandurn:uuid:cc03d897-fbe0-42ac-a6f4-06449d411be52020-05-21T22:54:45+02:00RzaRecTorhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/RzaRecTorThe acclaimed author of Rubicon and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic (and incredibly timely) account of the rise of Islam.
No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement. Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion—except that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as the Romans did but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the day—not by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path.

Posted by RzaRecTorPermalink | Comments]]>Death in Mud Lick - Eric Eyre - 2020 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:c43e5c5d-e203-42b6-a3e6-f64500ded8c32020-04-17T14:59:32+02:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b][color=#648d47]Death in Mud Lick - Eric Eyre - 2020
A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies that Delivered the Opioid Epidemic[/color][/b]
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By: Eric Eyre
Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 03-31-20
Language: English
Genre: History, 21st Century
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter from the smallest newspaper ever to win the prize for investigative reporting, an urgent, riveting, and heartbreaking investigation into the corporate and governmental greed that pumped millions of pain pills into small Appalachian towns, decimating communities.
Death in Mud Lick is the story of a pharmacy in Kermit, West Virginia, that distributed 12 million opioid pain pills in three years to a town with a population of 382 people - and of one woman, despe...

Posted by toonarlyPermalink | Comments]]>The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained - DK - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:d18afe5e-f01e-499c-8fd8-6fae9b619c3a2020-03-21T13:36:29+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b][color=#c89544]The Mythology Book - DK - 2019
Big Ideas Simply Explained[/color][/b]
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By: DK
Narrated by: Emma Fenney
Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 12-03-19
Language: English
Genre: History, Ancient
Publisher: DK
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
More than 80 classic myths retold and explained, from early creation beliefs to classical hero narratives and the recurring theme of the afterlife, narrated by Emma Fenney.
The Mythology Book explores the compelling worlds and characters depicted in myths and legends. Delve into each myth and discover the meanings behind these stories, getting to the heart of their significance to different cultures worldwide. More than just stories, myths are testament to the amazing creativity of humans striving to explain and make sense of the world around them. Revisit you...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America - Gene Weingarten - 2019 (History [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:2f0a5905-0bfd-493d-ab7a-2ef2f253d83b2020-03-08T14:51:00+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]One Day - Gene Weingarten - 2019
The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America[/b]
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By: Gene Weingarten
Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-22-19
Language: English
Genre: History, American
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
"One of the 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 25 Years" (Slate)
On New Year’s Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day - chosen completely at random - turned out to be Sunday, December 28, 1986, by any conventional measure a most ordinary day. Weingarten spent the next six years proving that there is no such thing.
That Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s turned out to be filled with comedy, tragedy, implausible irony, cosmic comeuppances, kindness,...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>Trinity: The Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History - Frank Close - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:a1ab54f3-9465-4d71-b619-b7027bfa7b132020-03-07T15:10:46+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b][color=#e65d05]Trinity - Frank Close - 2019
The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History[/color][/b]
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By: Frank Close
Narrated by: Anthony Howell
Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 08-29-19
Language: English
Genre: History, 20th Century
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Brought to you by Penguin.
'Trinity' was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. This exceptional book - Trinity - tells the story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls; his intellectual son, the atomic spy Klaus Fuchs; and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR.
Against the background of pre-war Nazi Germany, the Second World War and the following Cold War, the book traces how Peierls brought Fuchs into his family and his laboratory, only to be betrayed. It d...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Tank Killers - Harry Yeide - 2018 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:c509fb3a-55a9-4e6e-b21b-d9214c763ecc2020-02-08T14:21:36+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b][color=#7fb8b3]The Tank Killers - Harry Yeide - 2018
A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force[/color][/b]
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By: Harry Yeide
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 05-08-18
Language: English
Genre: History, 20th Century
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
The Tank Killers is the story of the American Tank Destroyer Force in North Africa, Italy, and the European Theater during World War II. The tank destroyer (TD) was a bold - if some would say flawed - answer to the challenge posed by the seemingly unstoppable German blitzkrieg. The TD was conceived to be light and fast enough to outmaneuver panzer forces and go where tanks could not. At the same time, the TD would wield the firepower needed to kill any German tank on the battlefield. Indeed, American doctrine stipulated that TDs would fight ta...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>Socialism 101 - Kathleen Sears - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:04112ce1-e94c-4a94-8e5e-5fe3460f87602020-01-26T14:34:05+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b][color=red]Socialism 101 - Kathleen Sears - 2019
From the Bolsheviks and Karl Marx to Universal Healthcare and the Democratic Socialists, Everything You Need to Know About Socialism[/color][/b]
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By: Kathleen Sears
Narrated by: Samantha Desz
Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 09-03-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Socialism 101 is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the historical and modern applications of socialism.
In today’s political climate, more and more presidential candidates are espousing socialist - or democratic socialist - policies. Once associated with oppression, socialism is now a current topic of conversation with everyday Americans, including policies like taxing the rich and healthcare for all. But what exactly is socialism and why does it spark su...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>Proof!: How the World Became Geometrical - Amir Alexander - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:db00b011-0283-4f42-9e5c-f3c20ee8c2c12020-01-20T18:07:42+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b][color=red]Proof! - Amir Alexander - 2019
How the World Became Geometrical[/color][/b]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/jwp4CJ4/Proof.jpg[/img]
By: Amir Alexander
Narrated by: Jonathan Ross
Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 09-10-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our world
One night in 1661, Nicholas Fouquet, a superintendent under Louis XIV, was arrested. His crime was peculiar: He had dared to construct a grand geometrical garden. In doing so, he violated an irrefutable hierarchy: that geometry, in its perfection, was a testament to divine right. The elegant, symmetrical designs were more than just ornament; they were proofs of incontestable certainty, and thus the authority to rule. But how did the French royalty fall in love with this peculiar landscape desi...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained - DK - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:62565e2d-0352-42cd-b823-527063eeab092020-01-11T12:53:16+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b][color=red]The History Book - DK - 2019
Big Ideas Simply Explained[/color][/b]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/sHqgrrB/The-History-Book.jpg[/img]
By: DK
Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 12-05-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: DK
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Discover the key themes and big ideas behind more than 80 of the world's most important historical events - from the dawn of civilization to the 21st century.
From the origins of Homo sapiens to the Space Race, and from the French Revolution to the Digital Revolution, this installment in the best-selling Big Ideas series offers an essential exploration of the human timeline up to and including the rise of modern Islam, the World Wide Web, and the global financial crisis. Making big historical ideas accessible and easy to understand, with stunning facts and memorable ...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>What We Talk About When We Talk About Books - Leah Price - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:3260f29a-29eb-49c1-bde1-5f7931f7d1f62020-01-09T17:17:00+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b][color=red]What We Talk About When We Talk About Books - Leah Price - 2019
The History and Future of Reading[/color][/b]
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By: Leah Price
Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 08-20-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated.
Do you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us: the willpower to focus on a sustained argument, the curiosity to look beyond the day's news, the willingness to be alone. The shelves of the world's great libraries, though, tell a more complicated story. Examining the wear and tear on the books that they contain, En...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>Cheaters Always Win: The Story of America - J. M. Fenster - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:a9b92101-9b1b-4022-bf5e-72998d25e1662019-12-22T13:13:57+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b][color=red]Cheaters Always Win - J. M. Fenster - 2019
The Story of America[/color][/b]
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By: J. M. Fenster
Narrated by: J. M. Fenster, Abby Craden
Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 12-06-19
Language: English
Genre: History, American
Publisher: Twelve
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
A social history of cheating and how American history - through real estate, sports, finance, academics, and, of course, politics - has had its unfair share of rigged results and widened the margins on its gray areas.
Drawing from the intriguing (and sometimes unbelievable) true stories of the lives of everyday Americans, historian Julie M. Fenster traces the history of the weakening of our national ethics through the practice of cheating. From marital infidelity to financial fraud; rigged sports competitions to corruption in politics and the American education system; nuclear we...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Nuclear Spies - Vince Houghton - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:2c9f4088-92d3-497e-99f3-1d8ab583ad1b2019-12-16T16:51:29+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b][color=red]The Nuclear Spies - Vince Houghton - 2019
America's Atomic Intelligence Operation against Hitler and Stalin[/color][/b]
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By: Vince Houghton
Narrated by: John Lescault
Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 09-01-19
Language: English
Genre: History, Military
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Format: mp3 64/48 mono
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Why did the US intelligence services fail so spectacularly to know about the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities following World War II? As Vince Houghton, historian and curator of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, shows us, that disastrous failure came just a few years after the Manhattan Project's intelligence team had penetrated the Third Reich and knew every detail of the Nazi's plan for an atomic bomb. What changed and what went wrong?
Houghton's delightful retelling of this fascinating case of American spy ineffecti...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Accident of Color - Daniel Brook - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:b1d5ad83-e80e-4955-88c5-48be867266c92019-12-12T14:40:45+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]The Accident of Color - Daniel Brook - 2019
A Story of Race in Reconstruction[/b]
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By: Daniel Brook
Narrated by: David Sadzin
Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 06-18-19
Language: English
Genre: History, American
Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
In The Accident of Color, Daniel Brook journeys to 19th-century New Orleans and Charleston and introduces us to cosmopolitan residents who elude the racial categories the rest of America takes for granted. Before the Civil War, these free, openly mixed-race urbanites enjoyed some rights of citizenship and the privileges of wealth and social status. But after Emancipation, as former slaves move to assert their rights, the black-white binary that rules the rest of the nation begins to intrude. During Reconstruction, a movement arises as mixed-race elites make common cau...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The War on History - Jarrett Stepman - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:d16510e8-4426-4cb9-af7c-dee917406b4b2019-12-08T17:48:57+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]The War on History - Jarrett Stepman - 2019
The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/uW50VyL.jpg[/img]
By: Jarrett Stepman
Narrated by: Chris Abell
Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-01-19
Language: English
Genre: History, American
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
America is hopelessly divided, but more worryingly, the ideas and “mystic chords of memory” that rest at the cornerstone of our civilization and bind the generations are being severed, attacked, and forgotten. The left has set out to shatter these bonds with a war on American history - the fundamental concepts, institutions, and icons that make our country what it is. And we have failed to protect our history, allowing Hollywood, educators, and the media to rewrite the story of America. We have ignored the invaluable lessons of our parents, grandparents, and great-grandpar...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>How History Gets Things Wrong - Alex Rosenberg - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:49fc400d-201f-49ae-95a6-3f4e4e8796db2019-12-03T13:21:20+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]How History Gets Things Wrong - Alex Rosenberg - 2019
The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/cReqpzV.jpg[/img]
By: Alex Rosenberg
Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 04-16-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Format: mp3 64/24 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Why we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired.
To understand something, you need to know its history. Right? Wrong, says Alex Rosenberg in How History Gets Things Wrong. Feeling especially well-informed after reading a book of popular history on the best-seller list? Don't. Narrative history is always, always wrong. It not just incomplete or inaccurate but deeply wrong, as wrong as Ptolemaic astronomy. We no longer believe that the earth is the center of the universe. Why do we still believe in historical narrative?...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>A Brief History of Korea - Michael J. Seth - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:413ec4c8-f132-4f50-b00a-a5398618e3102019-11-30T14:52:45+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]A Brief History of Korea - Michael J. Seth - 2019
Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival: The Fascinating Story of a Resilient But Divided People[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/zeasnM5.jpg[/img]
By: Michael J. Seth
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 11-12-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Korea was one of the last countries in Asia to be visited by Westerners, and its borders have remained largely unchanged since it was unified in the seventh century. Though it is one of the world's oldest and most ethnically homogeneous states, Korea was not born in a vacuum. Geographically isolated, the country was heavily influenced by powerful China and was often used as a bridge to the mainland by Japan.
Calling themselves as "a shrimp among whales", Koreans borrowed elements of government, culture, and religion, all the ...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Book - Keith Houston - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:268a9edd-37fe-4fc7-bb66-e5b0259ac7ef2019-11-26T14:04:07+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]The Book - Keith Houston - 2019
A Cover-To-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/ZwY5Edk.jpg[/img]
By: Keith Houston
Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 04-30-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages - of civilizations, empires, human ingenuity, and madness. In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows the development of writing, printing, the art of illustrations, and binding to show how we have moved from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the hardcovers and paperbacks of today. The Book gives us the momentous and surpri...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Invention of Yesterday - Tamim Ansary - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:e1998258-b177-4e55-b561-41997b5a734e2019-11-24T13:17:21+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]The Invention of Yesterday - Tamim Ansary - 2019
A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/p9QKWKj.jpg[/img]
By: Tamim Ansary
Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-01-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Format: mp3 64/44.1 stereo
[b]Includes reference material (pdf)[/b]
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
From language to culture to cultural collision: the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age
Traveling across millennia, weaving the experiences and world views of cultures both extinct and extant, The Invention of Yesterday shows that the engine of history is not so much heroic (battles won), geographic (farmers thrive), or anthropogenic (humans change the planet) as it is narrative.
Many thousands of years ago, when we existed only as countless small autonomous bands of hunt...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>A War Like No Other - Victor Davis Hanson - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:f4c5f13b-3e77-4af3-8111-48a4dbc563bc2019-11-20T11:59:07+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]A War Like No Other - Victor Davis Hanson - 2019
How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/LEhBQIq.jpg[/img]
By: Victor Davis Hanson
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-22-19
Language: English
Genre: History, Ancient
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the 21st century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other.
Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and non-conventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesse...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present, and Future - Michael B. A. Oldstone - 2018 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:75a6a4a4-91fb-4957-9982-aa7257b82f5b2019-11-18T16:59:16+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]Viruses, Plagues, and History - Michael B. A. Oldstone - 2018
Past, Present, and Future[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/z7n2Yn1.jpg[/img]
By: Michael B. A. Oldstone
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 11-13-18
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses.
Oldstone begins with smallpox, polio, and measles. Nearly 300 million people were killed by smallpox in this century alone and the author presents a vivid account of the long campaign to eradicate this lethal killer. Oldstone then describes the fascinating viruses that have cap...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Hooligans of Kandahar: Not All War Stories Are Heroic - Joseph Kassabian - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:1f510026-0826-4644-8248-03ea0158c2c62019-11-13T16:20:44+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]The Hooligans of Kandahar - Joseph Kassabian - 2019
Not All War Stories Are Heroic[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/q6xbkvl.jpg[/img]
By: Joseph Kassabian
Narrated by: Thomas Dukeman
Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 03-27-19
Language: English
Genre: History, Military
Publisher: TCK Publishing
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
During the peak of the Afghanistan War, a group of soldiers is dropped by helicopter into the remote mountains outside of Kandahar City. Mismanaged and overlooked by command, the squad must rely on each other to survive.
Their mission is to train and advise the Afghan National Police and help rebuild the country of Afghanistan. The Afghan Police station they are assigned to live in is falling apart and disease-ridden. Many of the police officers they are supposed to train are Taliban sleeper agents or the family of Taliban fighters. The ones that aren’t are often addicted to dr...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>A Pocket History of Human Evolution - Silvana Condemi, Francois Savatier - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:a2f7e9f2-4371-40f1-a70e-2a3c4d22da952019-11-09T01:32:00+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]A Pocket History of Human Evolution - Silvana Condemi, Francois Savatier - 2019
How We Became Sapiens[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/1qSm86F.jpg[/img]
By: Silvana Condemi, Francois Savatier
Narrated by: Christa Lewis
Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-29-19
Language: English
Genre: History, Ancient
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Why aren't we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how "wise" Homo sapiens really are.
Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years -a time when, we once thought, the first Sapiens had barely left Africa. DNA sequencing has unearthed a new hominid group - the Denisovans - and confirmed that crossbreeding with them (and Neanderthals) made Homo sapiens who we are today.
A Pocket History of Human Evolution b...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion-Daniel McCoyurn:uuid:005c6a7e-d085-410a-93d6-88737706c1a42019-11-05T10:43:50+01:001Edgehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/1Edge[center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/59gNCSr0/1.png[/img][/center]
[b][center][color=#B20080][size=3]The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#00369B][size=3] By Daniel McCoy
Narrated by Andrew Tell
Published by Daniel McCoy in 2019
English, 10 hours 59 minutes, Unabridged
nonfiction, history, religion, scandinavia, paganism, mythology
MP3 64 kbps,303.47 MB, 1 file(s) [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#000000][size=3]The Viking Spirit is an introduction to Norse mythology like no other. As you’d expect from Daniel McCoy, the creator of the endearingly popular website "Norse Mythology for Smart People", it’s written to scholarly standards, but in a simple, clear, and entertaining style that’s easy to understand and a pleasure to listen to. It includes gripping retellings of no less than 34 epic Norse myths - more than any other book in the field - while also providing an equ...

Posted by 1EdgePermalink | Comments]]>Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason - Justin E. H. Smith - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:956db5bc-b4f2-4244-a8e3-e64dbbe589582019-11-01T15:21:36+01:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]Irrationality - Justin E. H. Smith - 2019
A History of the Dark Side of Reason[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/hIYB3iV.jpg[/img]
By: Justin E. H. Smith
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 04-02-19
Language: English
Genre: Nonfiction, History, Philosophy
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: mp3 64/44.1 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
A fascinating history that reveals the ways in which the pursuit of rationality often leads to an explosion of irrationality
It’s a story we can’t stop telling ourselves. Once, humans were benighted by superstition and irrationality, but then the Greeks invented reason. Later, the Enlightenment enshrined rationality as the supreme value. Discovering that reason is the defining feature of our species, we named ourselves the “rational animal”. But is this flattering story itself rational? In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to to...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>Empire of the Summer Moon-S. C. Gwynneurn:uuid:0c0f73d0-ba5f-44a8-ba1a-b48a1bb7e50a2019-10-26T14:10:54+02:001Edgehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/1Edge[center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/YC3kQRxQ/84.png[/img][/center]
[b][center][color=#B20080][size=3] Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#00369B][size=3] By S. C. Gwynne
Narrated by David Drummond
Published by Tantor Media in 2010
English, 15:05:59 Hours,Unabridged
nonfiction, history, native americans
MP3 64 kbps, 415 MB, 12 file(s) [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#000000][size=3] Few people realize that the Comanche Indians were the greatest warring tribe in American history. Their forty-year battle with settlers held up the development of the new nation. Empire of the Summer Moon tells of the rise and fall of this fierce, powerful, and proud tribe, and begins in 1836 with the kidnapping of a lovely nine-year-old girl with cornflower blue eyes named Cynthia Ann Parker. She grew to love her captors ...

Posted by 1EdgePermalink | Comments]]>Without a Trace: 1881-1968: How Can an Aircraft Simply Disappear? - Sylvia Wrigley - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:1b1a00be-4169-4299-905d-d3de5767e3062019-10-19T00:04:03+02:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]Without a Trace: 1881-1968 - Sylvia Wrigley - 2019
How Can an Aircraft Simply Disappear?[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/wYjnNvm.jpg[/img]
By: Sylvia Wrigley
Narrated by: Charlie Boswell
Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 08-14-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: Sylvia Wrigley
Format: mp3 64/44.1 mono
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
The volume features true stories of aircraft and its passengers or crew who disappeared into thin air.
For many, aviation still brings with it an air of mystery, a century-long magic trick. Though most of us will board an aircraft at some point in our lives, we know little about how they work and the procedures surrounding their operations. It is that mystery that makes these losses, such as the vanishing of the Malaysia Airlines flight 370, so terrifying.
Without a Trace series explores the most interesting of these disappearances: mysteries that have baffled investigators f...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>Killer Elite: Completely Revised and Updated - Michael Smith - 2017 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:2afc2df2-c6c3-40fd-9cc1-4082fff58f292019-10-17T23:52:59+02:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]Killer Elite - Michael Smith - 2017
Completely Revised and Updated
The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/6GTcXPY.jpg[/img]
By: Michael Smith
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 07-25-17
Language: English
Genre: History, 21st Century
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Format: mp3 64/44.1 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
A top-secret US Army Special Operations unit has been running covert missions all over the world, from leading death squads to the hideout of drug baron Pablo Escobar to capturing Saddam Hussein and, in one of the greatest special operations missions of all time, helping to track down al-Qa'eda leader Osama bin Laden. "The Activity," as it became known to insiders, has achieved near-mythical status, even among the world's Special Operations elite. Hidden from the politicians and the government bean counters, the Activity has...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Black Prince: England's Greatest Medieval Warrior-Michael Jonesurn:uuid:9129850e-4acf-4667-a8a9-b093c791d61e2019-10-14T20:24:38+02:001Edgehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/1Edge[center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/cLgP3Svj/17.png[/img][/center]
[b][center][color=#B20080][size=3] The Black Prince: England's Greatest Medieval Warrior [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#00369B][size=3] By Michael Jones
Narrated by James Cameron Stewart
Published by Tantor Media in 2018
English, 16 hours 43 minutes, Unabridged
nonfiction, history, biography
MP3 64 kbps, 459.37 MB, 1 file(s) [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#000000][size=3] The remarkable and inspiring story of one of the greatest warrior-princes of the Middle Ages—and an unforgettably vivid portrait of warfare and chivalry in the fourteen century.
As a child he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of sixteen, he helped defeat the French at Crécy. At Poitiers, in 1356, his victory over King John II of France forced the French into a humiliating surrender that marked the zenith of England's dominance in the Hundred Years War. As lord of Aquitaine, he ru...

Posted by 1EdgePermalink | Comments]]>Unit 731: The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz - Derek Pua - 2018 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:6651e33b-c607-4b38-a705-d43bf86293562019-10-14T12:25:04+02:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]Unit 731: The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz - Derek Pua - 2018[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/IAZAftA.jpg[/img]
By: Derek Pua, Danielle Dybbro, Alistair Rogers
Narrated by: Cathi Colas
Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 05-11-18
Language: English
Genre: History, 20th Century
Publisher: Pacific Atrocities Education
Format: mp3 64/44.1 mono
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
"Unit 731: The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz, by Derek Pua, is not for the faint of heart. It is, however, for anyone wanting to more clearly understand the extent of Imperial Japanese war crimes. This brief, dispassionate, and factual book outlines the creation and development of Unit 731, an organization that employed thousands of Japanese scientists who conducted nightmarish experiments on an untold number of human guinea pigs, all in the name of medical research.
"Even if one cannot stomach the details included in Unit 731: The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz, a basic k...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Misinformation Age - Cailin O’Connor, James Owen Weatherall - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:a0a6595f-2ab5-4afc-802c-86296d3da76b2019-10-12T14:32:54+02:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]The Misinformation Age - Cailin O’Connor, James Owen Weatherall - 2019
How False Beliefs Spread[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/1FZHGUk.jpg[/img]
By: Cailin O’Connor, James Owen Weatherall
Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 09-18-19
Language: English
Genre: History, Political
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Format: mp3 64/44.1 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
The social dynamics of "alternative facts": why what you believe depends on who you know
Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false belief. It might seem that there's an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt yo...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars, 265-146 BC-Adrian Goldsworthyurn:uuid:4fcda8df-fac1-4619-8e4f-76fcb43873882019-10-10T14:20:43+02:001Edgehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/1Edge[center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/Bnw21w41/cart.png[/img][/center]
[b][center][color=#B20080][size=3]The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars, 265-146 BC [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#00369B][size=3] By Adrian Goldsworthy
Narrated by Derek Perkins
Published by Tantor Media in 2018
English, 16 hours 27 minutes, Unabridged
nonfiction, history, carthage, ancient rome
MP3 64 kbps, 451.86 MB, 1 file(s) [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#000000][size=3] The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of antiquity. The forces involved and the casualties suffered by both sides were far greater than in any wars fought before the modern era, while the eventual outcome had far-reaching consequences for the history of the Western World, namely the ascendancy of Rome. An epic of war and battle, this is also the story of famous generals and leaders: Hannibal, Fabius Maximus, Scipio ...

Posted by 1EdgePermalink | Comments]]>Pax Romana: War, Peace, and Conquest in the Roman World-Adrian Goldsworthyurn:uuid:e177435c-d290-4ff5-9457-d282f3642f142019-10-10T14:17:25+02:001Edgehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/1Edge[center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/HsDd5jsD/rom.png[/img][/center]
[b][center][color=#B20080][size=3] Pax Romana: War, Peace, and Conquest in the Roman World [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#00369B][size=3] By Adrian Goldsworthy
Narrated by Derek Perkins
Published by Tantor Media in 2016
English, 15 hours 33 minutes, Unabridged
nonfiction, history
MP3 64 kbps, 427.98 MB, 17 file(s) [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#000000][size=3] The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet the Romans were first and foremost conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west. Their peace meant Roman victory and was brought about by strength and dominance rather than co-existence with neighbours. The Romans were aggressive and ruthless, and during the creation of their empire millions died o...

Posted by 1EdgePermalink | Comments]]>U.S. Constitution for Dummies: 2nd Edition - Dr. Michael Arnheim - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:2464f08e-8477-4409-bc7d-63cb6327224f2019-10-07T12:29:29+02:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]U.S. Constitution for Dummies - Dr. Michael Arnheim - 2019
2nd Edition[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/e1Y1zLO.jpg[/img]
By: Dr. Michael Arnheim
Narrated by: Dr. Michael Arnheim
Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 03-12-19
Language: English
Genre: History, American
Publisher: Gildan Media
Format: mp3 64/44.1 mono
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Your complete guide to understanding the US Constitution.
Want to make sense of the US Constitution? This new edition walks you through this revered document, explaining how the articles and amendments came to be and how they have guided legislators, judges, and presidents - and sparked ongoing debates along the way. You'll get the lowdown on all the big issues - from separation of church and state to impeachment to civil rights - that continue to affect Americans' daily lives. Plus, you'll find out about US Constitution concepts and their origins, the different approaches to interpre...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine - Barry Straussurn:uuid:4e12bca1-ccc1-4fe4-b405-fd82ae587c692019-10-07T09:50:32+02:001Edgehttps://www.demonoid.is/users/1Edge[center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/nrRJR1Xj/ces1.png[/img][/center]
[b][center][color=#B20080][size=3] Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#00369B][size=3] By Barry Strauss
Narrated by Arthur Morey
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio in 2019
English, 12 hours 52 minutes, Unabridged
nonfiction, history
MP3 64 kbps, 353.75 MB, 1 file(s) [/size][/color][/center][/b]
[b][center][color=#000000][size=3]Barry Strauss’s Ten Caesars is the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople.
During these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. The empire reached from modern-day Britain to Iraq, and gradually emperors came not from the old families of the first century but from men born in the provinces, some of whom had never even seen Rome. By the four...

Posted by 1EdgePermalink | Comments]]>End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World - Bryan Walsh - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:b0ef1f82-bd53-41e6-9f3c-5f7259642cad2019-09-19T22:34:41+02:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World - Bryan Walsh - 2019[/b]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/VsmxP31.jpg[/img]
By: Bryan Walsh
Narrated by: Bryan Walsh, Corey Carthew
Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 08-27-19
Language: English
Genre: History, World
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Format: mp3 64/44.1 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
What is going to cause our extinction?
How can we save ourselves and our future?
End Times answers the most important questions facing humankind.
End Times is a compelling work of skilled reportage that peels back the layers of complexity around the unthinkable - and inevitable - end of humankind. From asteroids and artificial intelligence to volcanic supereruption to nuclear war, 15-year veteran science reporter and TIME editor Bryan Walsh provides a stunning panoramic view of the most catastrophic threats to the human race.
In End Times, Walsh examines threats that emerge from...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>All About the Burger - Sef "Burger Beast" Gonzalez - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:b435b88e-bc42-4da6-bbe3-51e8c219ba1d2019-09-14T14:19:24+02:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]All About the Burger - Sef "Burger Beast" Gonzalez - 2019
A History of America’s Favorite Sandwich[/b]
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By: Sef "Burger Beast" Gonzalez, George Motz - foreword
Narrated by: Matthew Boston
Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 04-15-19
Language: English
Genre: History, 20th Century
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Format: mp3 64/44.1
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
A history of the burger, from conception to perfection.
A world history of burgers: Do you know what the first burger chain was? That Taco Bell was originally known as Bell Burger - and was founded in the same city as McDonald's? Have you heard of the 1980s burger wars? All About the Burger covers all of these topics and more! Discover the food history you've been missing in this entertaining audiobook.
The burger journey of a lifetime: All About the Burger will take you on an informational magic carpet ride. You'll learn abou...

Posted by miokPermalink | Comments]]>The Liberation of Paris - Jean Edward Smith - 2019 (History) [Audiobook] (miok)urn:uuid:981c7254-316c-48ee-8d9f-42e8ee094c652019-09-06T13:58:04+02:00miokhttps://www.demonoid.is/users/miok[center][size=4][b]The Liberation of Paris - Jean Edward Smith - 2019
How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light[/b]
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By: Jean Edward Smith
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 07-23-19
Language: English
Genre: History, 20th Century
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: mp3 64/44.1 stereo
[b]Publisher's Summary[/b]
Prize-winning and best-selling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the dramatic story of the liberation of Paris during World War II - a triumph that was achieved through the remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans, all racing to save the city from destruction.
Following their breakout from Normandy in late June 1944, the Allies swept across Northern France in pursuit of the German army. The Allies intended to bypass Paris and cross the Rhine into Germany, ending the war before winter set in. But as they advanced, local f...